Did you see the movie, The Beach?

With Leonardo DiCapprio? Do you remember the woman that built that utopian village on the island? She was in such denial that when the whole village was burning down she was screaming, "No,no, no..." and refused to believe that the supposedly utopian world she had built was anything but and went down with the burning of it. I always think of Maria when I think of that scene and she will go down with the burning ship one day....one day, one day....it's going to happen. She's in total denial and is so enthralled with her little world she cannot see the reality of what is happening right next to her.